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Traumatic social experience blocks social reward and promotes sustained social avoidance, study finds - 16 mins

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Past social trauma is encoded by a population of stress/threat-responsive brain cells that become hyperactivated during subsequent interaction with non-threatening social targets. As a...

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Silent synapses are abundant in the adult brain - 16 mins

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MIT neuroscientists have discovered that the adult brain contains millions of “silent synapses”—immature connections between neurons that remain inactive until they’re recruited to help...

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Biomarker in urine could be the first to reveal early-stage Alzheimer’s disease - 12 hours

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Alzheimer’s disease can remain undetected until it is too late to treat. Large-scale screening programs could help to detect early-stage disease, but current diagnostic...

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New single-dose treatment for sleeping sickness could help eliminate transmission of the disease by 2030 - 17 hours

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A new, single-dose, oral treatment for sleeping sickness is as effective as current treatments and could be a key factor in eliminating disease transmission...

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Caffeine gets you to the finish line faster, reveals new study on sprint performance - 21 hours

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At the international level of sports, even the smallest advantage can take an athlete from being a mere participant to a podium finisher. Consequently,...

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Steroid injections worsen knee arthritis, according to two new studies - 1 day

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Two studies comparing injections commonly used to relieve the pain of knee osteoarthritis found that corticosteroid injections were associated with the progression of the...

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AI predicts heart disease risk using single X-ray - 1 day

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Researchers have developed a deep learning model that uses a single chest X-ray to predict the 10-year risk of death from a heart attack...

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Pregnant women’s cannabis usage in US states where it is legalized raises calls for screening - 2 days

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Pregnant women living in U.S. states where cannabis is legal must be screened for the drug, for the health of both mother and baby....

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Healthy plant-based diets associated with lower colorectal cancer risk in men - 2 days

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Eating a plant-based diet rich in healthy plant foods—such as whole grains, vegetables, and legumes—and low in unhealthy plant foods—including refined grains, fruit juices,...

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Study finds positive media coverage of cannabis studies regardless of therapeutic effect - 2 days

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In cannabis trials against pain, people who take placebos report feeling largely the same level of pain relief as those who consume the active...

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